Environmental Science: Chapter 1 Flashcards
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| 10504386605 | Environmental Science | The study of the impact of humans on the environment |  | 0 |
| 10504386606 | Ecology | the study of how living things interact with each other and with their non-living environment. (biotic and abiotic parts) |  | 1 |
| 10504386607 | Sociology | the study of human population dynamics and statistics |  | 2 |
| 10504386608 | Hunter Gatherers | people who obtain food by collection plants, hunting, and scavenging. |  | 3 |
| 10504386609 | Over Hunting | Lead to extinction such as saber-tooth-cats and giant bison. |  | 4 |
| 10504386610 | Agricultural Revolution | occurred when hunter-gathers began to plant the seeds they collected and the domestication of animals. |  | 5 |
| 10504386611 | Agriculture | the practice of growing, breeding, and caring for plants and animals that are used for food, clothing, housing, and transportation. |  | 6 |
| 10504386613 | Industrial Revolution | Shift from man/animal power to fossil fuels. |  | 7 |
| 10504386617 | Resource Depletion . | When a specific resource is all used up |  | 8 |
| 10504386618 | Natural Resources | Any natural material that is used by humans. |  | 9 |
| 10504386619 | Renewable | Can be replaced quickly by natural processes. |  | 10 |
| 10504386620 | Air, water, soil, trees, and solar | Renewable resources |  | 11 |
| 10504386622 | Nonrenewable Resources | Oil and Minerals | 12 | |
| 10504386623 | Pollution | An undesired change in air, water, or soil that adversely affects the health, survival or activities of humans or other organisms. |  | 13 |
| 10504386624 | Biodegradable Pollutants | those that can be broken down by a natural process. |  | 14 |
| 10504386625 | Human Sewage and Food Waste | Example of biodegradable pollutants. |  | 15 |
| 10504386626 | Mercury, Lead, and Plastic | Example of non-degradable pollutants |  | 16 |
| 10504386627 | Non-Degradable Pollutants | Those that cannot be broken down by natural processes. | 17 | |
| 10504386628 | Biodiversity | The number and variety of species that live in an area. |  | 18 |
| 10504386630 | "Tragedy of the Commons" | Essay which was written in 1968 which explored the conflict between the short-term interest of man and long-term welfare of society. |  | 19 |
| 10504386631 | Law of Supply and Demand | state the greater the demand for a limited supply of something, the more the thing is worth. |  | 20 |
| 10504386632 | Cost and Benefits | Is the cost of the program worth the benefit? Examples: Forcing everyone to use an electric car. |  | 21 |
| 10504386633 | Risk Assessment | An example of this is Nuclear energy | 22 | |
| 10504386634 | Ecological Footprint | Shows the productive area of Earth needed to support one person in a particular country. |  | 23 |
| 10504386635 | Sustainability | the condition in which a human needs are met in such a way that a human population car survive indefinitely. |  | 24 |